

Miranda The Great
Author: Eleanor Estes
Narrator: Lyssa Browne
Unabridged: 1 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
Published: 02/18/2025
Categories: Children's Fiction
Author: Eleanor Estes
Narrator: Lyssa Browne
Unabridged: 1 hr 42 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Listen & Live Audio
Published: 02/18/2025
Categories: Children's Fiction
Eleanor Estes (1906-1988) grew up in West Haven, Connecticut, which she renamed Cranbury for her classic stories about the Moffat and Pye families. A children’s librarian for many years, she launched her writing career with the publication of The Moffats in 1941. Two of her outstanding books about the Moffats—Rufus M. and The Middle Moffat—were awarded Newbery Honors, as was her short novel The Hundred Dresses. She won the Newbery Medal for Ginger Pye.
One of my favorite picture books from childhood. I love how fiction can really inform your later life experiences. When I finally first visited Rome, and saw the Colosseum, I was immeasurably thrilled to see 'Miranda's' descendants living happily amidst the ruins, wild, but fed and cared for by volun......more
We are fans of animal stories of all kinds at our house, but books with cats rate especially highly with my 12 year old. I was happy to find a vintage copy of this title at a book sale last year! Miranda the Great is a highly-illustrated short chapter book set in Rome in the last days of the Roman E......more
Boring. Boring. Boring. But two stars because I reserve one star for books that should never have been written, much less published. Some child might actually like this book, and might read it. Yay! Oh, it’s about a cat during the sack of Rome. You know, when they discovered burlap. Hahaha!......more